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KnightBridgeAZ

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I have been setting up my spreadsheets where I track wins and losses during the season, and noted the following "odd" trivia:

- most schools play at least the standard permitted 29 games. South Carolina and Penn State are the only power 5 schools this season not to play at least 29 games.

- teams that play in 3 game tourneys (subject to certain restrictions) can play an extra game, and teams that play in the pre-seaason WNIT and the Hall of Fame classic (both 4 game tourneys) can play up to 2 extra games. Not every team is doing so, but the WNIT power 5 teams are Nebraska, Missouri, Notre Dame and Washington.

- oddly enough, Oregon is playing 2 extra games, one for a 3 game tourney (in Hawai'i) and one for going to Hawai'i and playing them (another exemption). Double dipping, no?

- Iowa State has the "cushiest" travel schedule. All OOC games at home except against - wait for it - Iowa. Talk about a low travel budget . . .
 

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Its not often a power 5 team..... much less one that will be ranked in the top 10-15 visits a team from a low level conference. NC A&T (MEAC) here in my city will host two Power 5 teams this season. First Auburn visits in November. I had forgotten that they made the NCAA's last season..... and they should be decent again this year. In December UCLA comes to visit. I'll definitely try to make that one.
 

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I hate the P-5 designation and especially so for basketball. It's a self described (for 5 leagues) implied quality and arrangement for football playoffs that excludes the top basketball school in the country. We're not P-5 we're G-5; I know its not your intent but technically we're not counted in your study at all.
 
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Power 5 is basically for football. All the other sports are along for the ride except for a few.
 

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I hate the P-5 designation and especially so for basketball. It's a self described (for 5 leagues) implied quality and arrangement for football playoffs that excludes the top basketball school in the country. We're not P-5 we're G-5; I know its not your intent but technically we're not counted in your study at all.
Actually, I do track UConn. Your schedule contained none of the factors I was mentioning - you will be playing 29 games as most do. At one point, I thought about mentioning teams that are playing an OOC game in the middle of a conference game and I would have included UConn in the heading.

I don't track the American (or Big East or Atlantic 10) because, although they are a cut above the other conferences -

- I did for one year and it was too overwhelming. I track Rutgers and Arizona opponents as well as the Power 5 (so called) and UConn.
- A lot of my interest is in who these "vaunted" teams beat and don't beat and how that affects their post-seasons. While I actually am interested in some American and BE teams (for example, USF, Tulane, Villanova, DePaul) I can keep track of how they are doing without recording them on my spreadsheets. I already am tracking Temple, St. John's, Houston and Seton Hall, as Rutgers is playing them. RU and Arizona are each playing 10 non-power conference teams (and no overlap).
 
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